Purple Belt

I just got my purple belt in BJJ today. I suck but I got it. I received it from Chris Blanke, who is a BB under Saulo and Xande Ribeiro. Most of you do not probably care, but I am happy with myself. Go me.

I've been training for a little over 8 years under Chris Blanke, more off than on though. Chris is one of Saulo and Xande Ribeiro's first black belts, at least here in America. Hopefully it doesn't take me as long to get my black belt or hell even my brown belt.

I camped out at purple belt for five years, mostly because I liked the color. Really.

How does one camp out at a belt? Did you make an effort not to advance? I'm a blue and won't get my purple for many years I'm sure because I suck. But everything I've seen from you has shown lots of skill.